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Published on Friday, March 10, 2017

Ecology proposes clarifications to shoreline procedural rules

The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) is seeking public comments on proposed changes to state procedural rules for managing shorelines.

The proposed rules:

Define procedures for counties and cities to comply with a legislative requirement to periodically review local shoreline master programs (SMPs) on a repeating eight-year cycle. The first round of reviews are due June 2019.

Outline a new optional process for amending SMPs that reduces duplication by consolidating local and state comment periods.